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S Cañigueral1, B M Müller, M J Salvia
1Unitat de Farmacologia i Farmacognòsia, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal, 643, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Abstract:
The mucilage of RAMONDA MYCONI leaves is composed of several Polysaccharides differing in acidity due to the content of galacturonic acid. RMP-2 and RMP-4 are the most important fractions, where RMP-2 is an arabinogalactan containing galacturonic acid and rhamnose, probably connected to a protein moiety. RMP-4 is the major fraction, containing a Polysaccharide with 90% of galacturonic acid. It has a pectin-like structure and the neutral sugar enriched regions show a structure related to the rhamnogalacturonan II type.
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